Halloween trick-or-treat times in the suburbs

Posted October 21, 2026 3:17 pm

Daily Herald report

Halloween is on Saturday, Oct. 31, and over 100 towns in the suburbs have set trick-or-treating hours. Some towns also are hosting downtown trick-or-treating events.

• Addison: 3-7 p.m.; children are expected to trick-or-treat within 3 blocks of their homes

• Algonquin: 3-7 p.m.

• Antioch: 3-7 p.m.

• Arlington Heights: 3-7 p.m.

• Aurora: 3-7 p.m.; Trick-or-Treat at Wilder Park from 3-5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30

• Barrington: 3-7 p.m.

• Barrington Hills: 3-7 p.m.

• Bartlett: 3-7 p.m.

• Batavia: 3-7 p.m.; Bat Fest with trick-or-treating at downtown businesses from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 24

• Bensenville: 3-8 p.m.; Trunk-or-Treat on Center Street from 3-5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30

• Bloomingdale: 3-7 p.m.

• Bolingbrook: 3-8 p.m.

• Buffalo Grove: 3-8 p.m.

• Campton Hills: 3-7 p.m.

• Carol Stream: 3-7 p.m. Because Halloween falls on Saturday this year, there will be no indoor trick-or-treating at village hall.

• Cary: 2-7 p.m.

• Carpentersville: 3-7 p.m.

• Crystal Lake: 3-7 p.m.

• Deer Park: 4-7 p.m.

• Des Plaines: No set hours.

• Downers Grove: No official hours; daylight hours recommended. At noon Sunday, Oct. 25, the Lions Club hosts a costume contest at Fishel Park, followed by downtown businesses hosting trick-or-treating from 1-3 p.m.

• East Dundee: 3-7 p.m.; Echoes of Forgotten Passengers Halloween Event from 7-10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, at The Depot

• Elburn: 4-8 p.m.

• Elgin: 3-7 p.m.

• Elk Grove Village: 2-8 p.m.

• Elmhurst: 3-7 p.m.

• Fox Lake: 4-7 p.m.

• Fox River Grove: 3:30-7:30 p.m.

• Geneva: 3-7 p.m.; Downtown Trick-or-Treating from 2-5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29

• Gilberts: 3-8 p.m.

• Glen Ellyn: 3-7 p.m.

• Glendale Heights: 3-7 p.m.; Safety Town Halloween from 4-7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31

• Glenview: 3-7 p.m.

• Grayslake: 4-7 p.m.

• Green Oaks: 4-8 p.m.

• Gurnee: 2-5 p.m.

• Hainesville: 4-7 p.m.

• Hampshire: 4-7 p.m.

• Hanover Park: 3-7 p.m.

• Hawthorn Woods: 4-8 p.m.

• Highland Park: 3-7 p.m.

• Hoffman Estates: 3-7 p.m.

• Huntley: 4-8 p.m.; Trick-or-Treat Around the Square from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30

• Inverness: 3-7 p.m.

• Island Lake: 4-8 p.m.

• Itasca: 3-7 p.m.

• Lake Forest: 4-8 p.m.

• Lake in the Hills: 2-8 p.m.

• Lake Barrington: 3-7 p.m.

• Lake Villa: 4-7 p.m.

• Lake Zurich: 3-8 p.m.

• Lakemoor: 3-7 p.m.

• Lakewood: 4-7 p.m.

• Libertyville: 4-8 p.m., Trick-or-Treat on Main Street from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30

• Lily Lake: 4-8 p.m.

• Lincolnshire: 4-8 p.m.

• Lindenhurst: 4-7 p.m.

• Lisle: 3-8 p.m.

• Lombard: 3-7 p.m.

• Long Grove: 3-7 p.m. and 3-5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, at participating businesses in Historic Downtown Long Grove

• Maple Park: 4-8 p.m.

• Marengo: 3-8 p.m.

• McHenry: 3-8 p.m.

• Mount Prospect: 3-8 p.m.

• Mundelein: 4-8 p.m.

• Naperville: No official hours; trick-or-treating at Naper Settlement, 523 S. Webster St., from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, for $15, $10 for kids 4-12, and free for kids 3 and younger; and Halloween Hop with free trick-or-treat trolley rides downtown from 10 a.m. to noon Sunday, Oct. 25

• North Aurora: 4-8 p.m.

• North Barrington: 3-7 p.m.

• Northbrook: 4-8 p.m.

• Oak Brook: 3:30-7 p.m.

• Oakbrook Terrace: 3-6 p.m.

• Palatine: 3-7 p.m.

• Park Ridge: 3-7 p.m.

• Pingree Grove: 4-8 p.m.

• Prospect Heights: 2-7 p.m.

• Rolling Meadows: 3-8 p.m.

• Roselle: 4-8 p.m.

• St. Charles: 3-7 p.m.

• Schaumburg: 3-7 p.m.

• Sleepy Hollow: 1-7 p.m.

• South Barrington: 3-7 p.m.

• South Elgin: 2-6 p.m.

• Streamwood: 3-7 p.m.

• Sugar Grove: 3-7 p.m.

• Third Lake: 4-7 p.m.

• Tower Lakes: 4-8 p.m.

• Villa Park: 3-8 p.m.

• Vernon Hills: 3-7 p.m.

• Volo: 4-7 p.m.

• Warrenville: 3-7 p.m.

• Wauconda: 4-8 p.m.

• Wayne: 3-7 p.m.

• West Chicago: 3-7 p.m.; Downtown Trick-or-Treating along Main Street from participating businesses and Trunk-or-Treat at the library near Turner Court from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24

• West Dundee: 3-7 p.m.; West Dundee Halloween Party from noon to 3 p.m. and 4-10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, at Grafelman Park

• Westmont: 2-7 p.m.

• Wheaton: 3:30-7:30 p.m.; Downtown Wheaton Trick-or-Treating from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 31

• Wheeling: 3-7 p.m.

• Willowbrook: 2-7 p.m.

• Winfield: 3-7 p.m.

• Winnetka: 3-7 p.m.

• Wood Dale: 3-8 p.m.; Trunk-or-Treat from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24

• Woodridge: 3-7 p.m.

• Woodstock: 4-7 p.m.; Halloween on the Square with trick-or-treating from 4-5 p.m. and costume contest at the bandstand at 4:45 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31

After Halloween is over, many towns offer pumpkin recycling events called “Pumpkin Smash” where residents can drop off their pumpkins for composting. To find one near you, go to scarce.org/pumpkins/ or your town’s website.